Savings-bank



, (No Model.)

0. L. DAWSON.

\ SAVINGS BANK. x No. 576,954. Patented Feb. 9,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE LINCOLN DAVSON, OF TACOMA, VASHINGTON.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 576,954, dated February 9, 189'?.

Application iiled May 23, 1896. Serial No. 592,800. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE LINCOLN DAWSON, of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of VaShingtOn, have invented a new and Improved Savings-Bank, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in savings-banks.

The object of the invention is to provide such a bank which will be in the form of a watch and may be carried in the pocket as conveniently as such an article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a savings-bank especially adapted for the reception of coins of a predetermined value, the savings-bank being provided with one or more depositories for the coin, the bank being furthermore so constructed that Without the assistance of a proper key access cannot be obtained to the stored coins; and a further object of the invent-ion is to provide a registering device which will indicate the amount of money that has been deposited in the bank.

Another object of the invention is to construct a bank of the character above set forth in a simple, durable, and economic manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinaftei` fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the bank, a portion of the front plate being broken away. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bank with the frontplate or face removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bank complete. Fig. 4 is an inner view of the front plate or face of the bank. Fig. 5 is a section taken horizontally through the casing, illustrating` the interior mechanism in plan View. Fig. (i is a vertical section taken substantially on the line G 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a partial side elevation of the bank with the back plate removed. Fig. Sis a plan view of the pivot-pin for the front plate or face. Fig. 9 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the upper portion of the casin g and the pendant thereof, illustrating the lock for the back plate, which is l0- cated in the pendant; and Fig. l0 is a partial side elevation and partial sectional view of the key adapted to operate the lock shown in Fig. 9.

In carrying out the invention the casingA is given the form' of a Watchcase-center, and is provided with a corresponding pendant B and ring B'. The pendant B is hollow, having a bore extending through it from top to bottom and into the casing, as shown in Fig. 9. Within this bore a bolt lO is located, having a beveled under face, and normally the said bolt extends Within the casing. The upper portion of the shank of the bolt is made round and is provided with an exterior thread il, while a spring l2 is made to surround the shank above the bolt lO. The lower end of the spring rests against the bolt and holds the bolt in its lower position, and the upper end of the spring has bearing against a pin 13, which is passed through a slot lli in the shank of the bolt and through the pendant, the pin serving to control the movement of the bolt as well as forming a bearing for the spring. A key 15 is employed to throw the bolt l0 upward from within the casing, and the said key, which is shown in Fig. 10, has a threaded opening in its lower end adapted to be screwed upon the upper end of the bolt-shank, whereupon the bolt maybe drawn upward through themedium of the key.

The casing is provided with a back plate 1G, which plate has an angularbracket 17 attached .to its upper portion at its -inner face, and this bracket has an opening 1S therein, which receives the bolt l0, as shown in Figs. 6 and 9, and at the lower end of the back plate a lip 19 is formed, which enters an opening or a recess in the bottom portion of the ycasing A, as is shown in Fig. o.

Any desired number of depositories C are located within the casing. In the drawings three depositories are illustrated as being used, and these depositories are of cylindrical form and are grouped a uniform distance from the center of the back plate and center of the casing. The depositories are attached to a plate 20, the said plate being adapted to be secured permanently Within the front portion of the casing A, and a depository, together with the plate, is of such thickness as to provide for the placing of the back plate v in the casing together with the front plate 26. The space between the depositories is usually filled up by a block 20, (shown in Fig. 7,) and in the center of this block and likewise in the center of the depository-plate 2O an opening 20" is made.

In the upper central portion of the front of the casing a slot 2l is made, the rear wall of the slot being flush with the outer face of the depository-plate 20. 'ithin the casing, at each side of its upper central portion, a tube is located, the two tubes being designated, respectively, as 22 and 23,and their location is best shown in Figs. 5 and 7. These tubes extend rearwardly over the two upper depositories, and in each of the said tubes a pin t is held to slide. The pin Q-t in the tube 22 is provided with twolatch-heads 22, which extend forwardly through the depository-plate Q0, as shown in Fig. 2, and the outer faces of these bolt-heads are beveled inwardly, or iu direction of each other, while a single latch-head 23 is formed upon the pin in the opposing` tube 23, and this latchhead 23 likewise extends through the depository-plate, and its outer face is beveled, its inncrtace being straight. 'lhe latch-head i3 is at one side of the slot 2l in the easing, but not in alinement with the slot, and the outermost of thelatch-heads 22 is at the opposite side of the slot 2l, while the innermost of these latterlatch-heads is located in the path of the object that may be introduced into the aforesaid slot 2l. The pins connected with the latch-heads 22 and 28a are acted upon by the members of a spring 25, the said members of the spring entering slots in the tubes 22 and 23, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the spring being ordinarily secured to the block 90 between the depositories, as shown particularly in Fig. 7.

The front plate 26 of the casing is held in place by a post or stud 27, the said front plate having a countersunk opening in its center to receive the head of the said post, and the post is made to pass rearward through the opening 2Gb in the block 20 of the depository, as shown in Fig. '7, and is firmly held in position by a locking-pin 27 or like device. A projection 2S is formed upon the said post 2T near its head, and a slot 20 is made in the front plate, normally concealed by the head of the post, through which the projection of the latter may pass, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the inner face el' the front plate around the stud 27 a circular recess or depression 30 is produced, which connects with the larger circular recess or depression 3l, and in the larger recess or depression 3l a register-wheel 132 is mounted to turn. Said wheel is provided, for example, with thirty-four cogs or teeth and with an aperture 32 near its margin. The register-wheel is provided with the aforesaid thi rty-four cogs or teeth when the depositories are each of a depth suflcient for the reception of ten new silver dimes, and

when the depositories are three in number and are of the aforesaid capacity numbers are produced upon the front face of the register-wheel, arranged equidistant apart and ranging from ten cents to three dollars and thirty cents, the increase between each of the numbers being at the ratio of ten, and as the wheel revolves a number will be presented at an opening in the front plate, as shown in Fig. l. lVhen the register-wheel is set, the bank being empty, the opening 32 in the wheel, or whatever equivalent may be employed, is made to appear at the readingopening 333 in the front plate.

It is necessary that the front plate shall be given a complete revolution each time that a coin is placed in the bank, and at each revolution ofthe said front plate the post- 27, which turns with the said plate by frictional contact therewith or by being otherwise couuected, will turn the register-wheel the distance of one tooth. In the inner face of the front plate at the top a pocket St is made, adapted when the front plate is in its normal. position to register with the slot 2l in the casing, and this pocket and slot are of sullicient capacity to enable them to readily receive a predetermined coin-a dime, for example.

An extracting-plate 35, shaped in accordance with the coin and constructed of spring metal, is located within the pocket 31 of the front plate,and is secured in the said pocket by passing a rivet 36 through the upper portion of the extracting-plate outward through the front plate 2G, where the said rivet termin ates in a head 3T, adapted to be engaged by the iingers of the operator when the front plate is to be turned, it being understood that the lower portion of the extractor 35 is normally bowed inward, as shown in Fig. (5, a sufficient distance to contact substantially with the dcpository-plate 20. Thus the extractor 35 will also prevent any of the coins from returning into the pocket 3i and being thereby carried back to the inlet-slot 21. Depressions 3S are formed in the inner face ot the front plate, one at each side ot' the upper portion of the pocket St. These depressions are inclined inwardly, being deepest at their inner ends or the ends adjacent to the aforesaid pocket lilrlhese depressions 3S are adapted to receive the latch-head 23 and the outermost of the double latch-heads 22.

In the operation of the bank, the slot 2l and pocket 3tbeing in registry, the latchheads will hold the front plate 9G in position to insure the aforesaid registry of the pockets. A coin is then introduced through slot 2l into pocket St, and as the coin is passed downward said coin will depress the innermost of t-he double latch-heads 22, forcing the outermost member ot the said head likewise inward, and the extractor will be forced outward, bringing the coin close against the depository-plate 20. The front plate may now he turned readily in direction ofthe dou- IOO IIO

lble latch-head, and the coin will be deposited in the first depository capable of receiving it. The front plate is continued to be revolved until it is again restored to its normal position, and in passing to its normal position will depress the latch-head 23m; but when the normal position of the front plate is reached the latch-heads will be forced by their springs into the keeper-recesses 3S of the front plate, and during the turning of the front plate the register-wheel will have been revolved the distance of one tooth to indicate the amount of deposit in the bank.

It may be found somewhat inconvenient to force a coin downward at times to a proper position in the pocket by means of the hand only. Therefore a plunger in the nature of a plate 40, having its lower face conforming to the periphery of the coin, is attached to the ring B by means ofa chain 4l or its equivalent.

Owing to the loss by abrasion in the lifetime of a coin, it is almost impossible to devise a pocket-safe that will at all times hold a certain number of dimes, for example; but I overcome the variations in the thickness of the dimes by roaming out the lower edges of each depository, so that the receiver will convey it into the depository receiving it fully. By thc lower edge of the depository I mean the depository edge .farthest from the point of introduction of the coin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination with the casing having an annular body portion, an outwardly-movable back plate, a locking device to hold the back plate in its closed position, a circularly'- arranged series of coin-depositories normally closed at one end by said back plate, and a rotary front plate having a pocket to receive and convey coins to the said pockets until they are all filled, substantially as described.

2. In a bank, a casing having a marginal coin-slot, depositories located within the said casing and adapted to receive coin, the said depositories being at a uniform distance from a common center, an'd a revoluble plate having its pivot at the common center around which the depositories are grouped, the said plate being provided with a pocket upon its inner face and opening through its periphery to register with said slot for the reception of a coin, the pocket being so placed that when the plate is revolved the said pocket will pass over all of the depositories, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a bank, a casing, depositories located within the said casing, adapted for the reception of coin, a revoluble plate provided with a pocket, so placed that as the plate is revolved the said pocket will pass over all of the depositories, and an extractor located within the said pocket, acting to force a coin from the pocket into the nearest depository capable of receiving it, and prevent the return of i di the coin to the pocket as and for the purpose specified.

4. A bank consisting of a casing, depositories located within the said casing, a revoluble plate provided with a pocket adapted to receive a coin, the said pocket being so placed that as the plateis revolved the pocket will pass over allof the depositories, a springextractor located in the pocket of the said plate, and locking devices located within the casing, adapted to enter keepers formed in the said revoluble plate, as and for the purpose set forth. f

5. In a bank, a easing, depositories located within the said casing, adapted to receive coin, a plate held to revolve over the depositories and provided with a coin-receiving pocket, adapted in the travel of the plate to pass over the said depositories, an extractor located within the said pocket, and coin-0perated lock-latches adapted for locking engagement with the said revoluble plate when in its normal position, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a pocket-bank, a casing, depositories located within the casing at a uniform distance from a common center, aplate pivoted at the aforesaid common center and provided with a coin-receiving pocket, so placed as to pass over the said depositories as theplateis revolved, a spring-extractor located within the said pocket, acting when the pocket is opposite a depository to force the coin from the pocket, a toothed register-wheel pivoted to pass by an opening in the said plate and pivoted on the said plate, and a post around which the plate revolves, provided with a projection engagingwith the teeth of the register-wheel, whereby at each revolution of the said plate the register-wheel will be turn ed the distance of one tooth, as set forth.

7. In a pocket-bank, a casing, depositories located within the said casing, a plate mounted to turn over the said depositories, being provided with a coin-receiving pocket arranged to pass over the depositories, an extractor located within the said pocket, recesses located one at each side of the said pocket, latches located within the said casing, and adapted to' enter the recesses in the revoluble plate, one of the said latches being operated bythe introduction of a coin into the pocket, as and for the purpose set forth.

S. In a pocket-bank, a casing comprisinga body-band having a tubularpendant, a locking-bolt located within the said pendant and extending within the body-band, a coin-de Apository within the band and a face-plate closing the sides of the body-band, one of the said plates being revoluble and provided with a pocket to convey the coins to said depository and the other having locking engagement with the aforesaid bolt and adapted when unlocked to open the case and expose the coin-depository, as and for the purpose specified.

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if). In n 1 eeleL-l);111l, a Casing Comprising L I ing engagement with the aforesaid bolt and 1o body-band having a tubular pendant: a loelzadapted when unlocked to open the case and ing-bolt located within lilie said pendant and expose the e0indep0sito1y, and a'keyadapted extending Within the body-band, a eoin-deto manipulate the said bolt., substantially :is

5 positoi'y within the band and :L faee-plule shown and described.

closing the respective sides of the body-band, CLARENCE LINCOLN DMYSON. one of the said plates being` revoluble and I limessesz provided with a pocket to convey the Coins i JONATHAN SMITH, to said depository and the other having lool:-

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